As far as I'm concerned there is one monitor that stands above the rest: the AV Reality Studio. I've been in high end audio for over 20 years and have never seen such a value. This monitor has the same driver compliment as the $9500 Krell monitor, but also has seriously expensive diffraction control material, and a brand new crossover design that was introduced to the world just today! Everything about this monitor is "top of the line". The woofers are Scan Speak's best, the tweeter is the most recently designed tweeter and that crossover is a genius child design. Here's the best part: The cost for the premium version of the AV Reality Studio (with deluxe terminals, Mundorf Supreme Caps and AWG 12 Coils) is only $1999! I don't know how this designer brings such a speaker to market at this price. This monitor makes all other expensive monitors look like a joke, for what you get for your money.
BTW: If you are on a tighter budget than $2000 a pair, the AV Reality Avinci One model is available for $1100. It is the second best monitor by AV Reality and is just as good as a value (if not better) than the Studio. It uses the smaller 5.5" Revelator woofer with a Hiquphon tweeter with the brand new crossover design. Currently I own these myself. After 400 hours of break-in, they re-defined what I thought you could get for around $1000. This weekend, I took them over to my buddy's house, who is a reviewer for one of the "big" high end magazines. He was so impressed that he is trying to reserve a review spot for these speakers. I should note that I am so impressed by this company's products that I have now ordered a pair of the Studios also. I guess I feel like I struck the high end speaker "pot of gold". My search for a great monitor speaker company, that does everything right, with the best of the best driver materials and crossover implementations (yet doesn't cost an arm, leg and an ear) is finally over!
BTW: If you are on a tighter budget than $2000 a pair, the AV Reality Avinci One model is available for $1100. It is the second best monitor by AV Reality and is just as good as a value (if not better) than the Studio. It uses the smaller 5.5" Revelator woofer with a Hiquphon tweeter with the brand new crossover design. Currently I own these myself. After 400 hours of break-in, they re-defined what I thought you could get for around $1000. This weekend, I took them over to my buddy's house, who is a reviewer for one of the "big" high end magazines. He was so impressed that he is trying to reserve a review spot for these speakers. I should note that I am so impressed by this company's products that I have now ordered a pair of the Studios also. I guess I feel like I struck the high end speaker "pot of gold". My search for a great monitor speaker company, that does everything right, with the best of the best driver materials and crossover implementations (yet doesn't cost an arm, leg and an ear) is finally over!